Update: Vernon has posted a tepidly remorseful Tweet about his original Grammy sentiments. "well, thanks to @joncaramanica … :) Everyone now knows how I felt back last February about the grammies. Room to grow, but I agree mostly", he wrote.

TheNew York Timeshas posted previously unpublished excerpts from an interview with Vernon that took place months before the nominations. He's none too fond of the idea of the Grammys, which he said he never believed he'd be a contender for.

He told the Times:

"I don't think the Bon Iver record is the kind of record that would get nominated for a Grammy — I would get up there and be like, 'This is for my parents, because they supported me,' because I know they would think it would be stupid of me not to go up there. But I kinda felt like going up there and being like: 'Everyone should go home, this is ridiculous. You should not be doing this. We should not be gathering in a big room and looking at each other and pretending this is important."

He went on to slam artists who hope for Grammy awards, saying that "98 percent of the people in that room, their art is compromised by the fact that they're thinking that." (But, he added, of course that's wasn't the case when Arcade Fire took home the award.)

Vernon continued:

"And who is that award given by? It’s like they think it’s literally handed down by the musical-history gods. And I don’t know who the voters are. Like, I have a friend who’s a voter who was like, 'I had to be a voter because I don’t trust the other voters.' And I was like, 'Me either!' And it’s just not important and people spend too much time thinking about it."

Vernon may not have gained any personal satisfaction from his Grammy nods, but at least he's acquired a new listener: Rosie O'Donnell. As the A.V. Club Madison points out, Rosie Tweeted after listening to the album, "well first it sounded a tad redundant - i like the song perth - its good music for making dinner".